Etymology : Middle English rowten, from Old Norse rauta; akin to Old English rEotan to weep, Latin rudere to roar
Pronunciation : rOt, rüt
Function : intransitive verb
Date : 14th century
1. act of planning a route, act of selecting a path from one place to another. routinginformation protocol.
2. (rip) a distance vector , as opposed to link state , routing protocol. rip is an internet standard interior gateway protocol defined in std 34, rfc 1058 and updated by rfc 1388.see also:
open shortest path first.
3. (rip) a companion protocol to ipx for exchange of routing information in a novell network. rip has been partly superseded by nlsp. it is not related to the internet protocol of the same name.
4. To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
5. A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
6. To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
7. To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
8. A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.
9. A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
10. The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.
11. A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
12. A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
13. To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.
14. To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company. an overwhelming defeat cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" make a groove in dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles".